Security forces launched a large-scale combing operation in the area adjacent to tourist spot Sonmarg on Monday, a day after a horrific terror attack at a tunnel construction site in Jammu and Kashmir

Security forces have intensified the operation to track down the militants responsible for the killing of seven workers, including a local doctor in the Ganderbal district of central Kashmir.

Omar Abdullah, the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory since the Centre revoked Article 370 in 2019, called Sunday’s incident in which seven people were killed a militant attack instead of a terror attack – causing some people to lash out over social media.

Jammu and Kashmir leaders condemned the tragic killing of migrant labourers in a terror attack in Ganderbal’s Gagangir on October 21. “I condemn this attack and we share the grief with the families of the victims.

The terrorists opened fire on the camp that housed labourers of a private firm working on the construction of a tunnel at Gund area in the Ganderbal district.